Llamau, Wales’ leading youth and women’s homelessness charity are pleased to support the solidarity demonstration planned for Wednesday the 1st of August, to highlight the plight of those in Cardiff who find themselves without a home.
Llamau is thrilled to see Cardiff citizens joining together to stand up for the most deprived members of our society. Such a demonstration will help to raise vital awareness of the issues affecting homeless people in Cardiff.
It is a lesser known fact that as well as the more visible homeless people sleeping on our streets, there is also an entire generation of ‘hidden homeless’ that aren’t represented in any government statistics. These are people with no fixed abode, who are sofa surfing, staying with friends or in hostels, without a home to call their own. It is from this group that many of Llamau’s service users derive.
Solidarity with Homeless and Poor People in Cardiff’s Facebook group says “We stand against cuts in housing benefit and homelessness services and the lack of affordable housing. Everyone has the right to a home. We stand against the demonising, stigmatising and criminalising of homeless and other poor people.” Llamau would like to publicly echo these sentiments as it is frequently the most disadvantaged, underprivileged and at-need members of our society that get demonised. We sincerely hope that the proposed demonstration goes some way to reversing this trend.
Llamau’s vital work with some of Wales’ most vulnerable people could not be sustained without the support of our partners. These include local authorities across Wales including Cardiff Council and businesses, such as John Lewis, Cardiff, who work tirelessly to ensure that we can provide the very best support for our service users.
Llamau works across Wales where young people face homelessness. As part of our ongoing campaign to raise awareness of homelessness as well as funds to support our work, Llamau is holding an organised Sleep-Out in November. More information can be found on their website www.llamau.org.uk/the-big-sleepout-2012.
Tonight’s meeting is at 18:00 on the Lawn in from of Cardiff City Hall. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/events/286517101456086/
